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tommo
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Got full field yet Tom ?
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Tom Butcher
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I've passed it over to Duncan Putnam this year Tommo - wont be full yet I wouldn't think.
71 miles this year - think he must have stuck another lap on it ! |
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Is this on the Hanbury circuit? Date & closing date please? - BC is playing up at my end. Cheers  |
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elaina
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Race Details
Regional A 2nd,3rd,4th 114km/71m 10.00am start
Entry Fee £15.00
Entry on Day Fee £20.00
HQ
Hanbury Memorial Hall
Hanbury
Hanbury
DE13 8TJ
Location
Hanbury Memorial Hall, DE13 8TJ
Event Organiser Contact Information
Duncan Putman
3 Ednaston Avenue
Littleover
Derby
Derbyshire
DE23 2NU
duncanputman@yahoo.com |
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Tom Butcher
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Thanks Elaina.
For those that don't know it it's a good tough circuit of around 12 miles and then you turn off for a hill finish of about 1km. |
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tommo
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Yes , and its not a little climb either , more like a Savage 1 mile , 1 in 8 killer . Please dont enter f f s 
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Thanks Elaina.
For those that don't know it it's a good tough circuit of around 12 miles and then you turn off for a hell of a finish. |
I have pootled up it on my own but would certainly not like to be in the bunch trying to get up it.
I reckon it's so the comms can read the numbers easily.
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any reason why its only open to 2,3,4 cats?
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elaina
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| Tom Butcher wrote: |
Thanks Elaina.
For those that don't know it it's a good tough circuit of around 12 miles and then you turn off for a hell of a finish. |
I have pootled up it on my own but would certainly not like to be in the bunch trying to get up it.
I reckon it's so the comms can read the numbers easily. |
Makes it easier for the line judges  |
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Will Scarlet
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any reason why its only open to 2,3,4 cats?
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Cos E's & 1's don't exist in the road racing desert that is the East Mids  , just a few races each year to ride if you're an E (darley, witham whs, duncan murray and divs and that's yer lot. can't even ride Mallory ). |
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tommo
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| Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 2:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Will Scarlet wrote: |
| kieran wrote: |
any reason why its only open to 2,3,4 cats?
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Cos E's & 1's don't exist in the road racing desert that is the East Mids , just a few races each year to ride if you're an E (darley, witham whs, duncan murray and divs and that's yer lot. can't even ride Mallory ). |
Erm what are you talking about ! What about the Divs , Coalville wheelers , Spaldling crits and i think you'l find you can ride mallory up to June ! Also you've got that 2day in Leicester early may . The Derby Mercury race is the only Regional A for us 2nd cats ! If yer that bothered go organise a race Notts way for yer lad f f s 
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| Will Scarlet wrote: |
| kieran wrote: |
any reason why its only open to 2,3,4 cats?
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Cos E's & 1's don't exist in the road racing desert that is the East Mids , just a few races each year to ride if you're an E (darley, witham whs, duncan murray and divs and that's yer lot. can't even ride Mallory ). |
8 races at Mallory open to Elites with £110 of prizes paid out on the night, how many of them did your lad ride? |
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Will Scarlet
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8 races at Mallory open to Elites with £110 of prizes paid out on the night, how many of them did your lad ride? |
My lad's been living in Harpenden all year, riding most weeks at Hillingdon and Milton Keynes, where Elites are allowed to ride all summer long. He returned home at the beginning of July to find no local races to ride, save for Witham whs and Duncan Murray.
Next year he'll be back in Nottm, but probably still with no local races to ride apart from perhaps the first few Mallorys and a few Darleys.
He can stay at his girlfriend's in Maidenhead when he's not at Uni, where he can race 3 or 4 times a week. Or he can continue to base himself in the East mids and have absolutely nothing to ride, i wonder which he'll choose?
At least he has a choice, unlike most E Mids based E's and 1's who have no choice and no races. |
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Will Scarlet
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| tommo wrote: |
| Will Scarlet wrote: |
| kieran wrote: |
any reason why its only open to 2,3,4 cats?
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Cos E's & 1's don't exist in the road racing desert that is the East Mids , just a few races each year to ride if you're an E (darley, witham whs, duncan murray and divs and that's yer lot. can't even ride Mallory ). |
Erm what are you talking about ! What about the Divs , Coalville wheelers , Spaldling crits and i think you'l find you can ride mallory up to June ! Also you've got that 2day in Leicester early may . The Derby Mercury race is the only Regional A for us 2nd cats ! If yer that bothered go organise a race Notts way for yer lad f f s |
I think you'll find that the Zenith 2 Day isn't open to Elites, not even local ones. Coalville Whs? which one was that? Which leaves us with the Spalding crits, Divs and a few Mallorys. Hardly the basis for a successful racing season is it?
Whereas, I, as a fat, hairy legged 4th cat, can race 2 or 3 times a week if I want.
Organise a race? Been there, done that, got several t shirts. Too busy riding my bike these days, apart from organising the odd MTB and cross race. |
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tommo
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| Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Will Scarlet wrote: |
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8 races at Mallory open to Elites with £110 of prizes paid out on the night, how many of them did your lad ride? |
My lad's been living in Harpenden all year, riding most weeks at Hillingdon and Milton Keynes, where Elites are allowed to ride all summer long. He returned home at the beginning of July to find no local races to ride, save for Witham whs and Duncan Murray.
Next year he'll be back in Nottm, but probably still with no local races to ride apart from perhaps the first few Mallorys and a few Darleys.
He can stay at his girlfriend's in Maidenhead when he's not at Uni, where he can race 3 or 4 times a week. Or he can continue to base himself in the East mids and have absolutely nothing to ride, i wonder which he'll choose?
At least he has a choice, unlike most E Mids based E's and 1's who have no choice and no races. |
So why dont you organise some race's then ?
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| Will Scarlet wrote: |
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| kieran wrote: |
any reason why its only open to 2,3,4 cats?
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Cos E's & 1's don't exist in the road racing desert that is the East Mids , just a few races each year to ride if you're an E (darley, witham whs, duncan murray and divs and that's yer lot. can't even ride Mallory ). |
Erm what are you talking about ! What about the Divs , Coalville wheelers , Spaldling crits and i think you'l find you can ride mallory up to June ! Also you've got that 2day in Leicester early may . The Derby Mercury race is the only Regional A for us 2nd cats ! If yer that bothered go organise a race Notts way for yer lad f f s |
I think you'll find that the Zenith 2 Day isn't open to Elites, not even local ones. Coalville Whs? which one was that? Which leaves us with the Spalding crits, Divs and a few Mallorys. Hardly the basis for a successful racing season is it?
Whereas, I, as a fat, hairy legged 4th cat, can race 2 or 3 times a week if I want.
Organise a race? Been there, done that, got several t shirts. Too busy riding my bike these days, apart from organising the odd MTB and cross race. |
This was the race in April that was windy as F**k!
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Will Scarlet
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.SUN 02 May 2010 CLOSED CIRCUIT
Spalding Flower Parade Criterium
The Vista Splading
Cat- Youth U8,U10,U12,U14,U16 Distance- 10,12,15,15,20 mins Start time- 13.00 Entry fee- £5
Cat- 3,4 Distance- 30min + 5 laps Start time- 15.05 Entry fee- £12
Cat- 1,2,3 Distance- 40min + 5 laps Start time- 15.45 Entry fee- £12
Entry send to Mark R Robinson. 3 Belisana Road, Splading, Lincs. PE11 3FU
Spalding crits not open to Elites either. |
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tommo
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.SUN 02 May 2010 CLOSED CIRCUIT
Spalding Flower Parade Criterium
The Vista Splading
Cat- Youth U8,U10,U12,U14,U16 Distance- 10,12,15,15,20 mins Start time- 13.00 Entry fee- £5
Cat- 3,4 Distance- 30min + 5 laps Start time- 15.05 Entry fee- £12
Cat- 1,2,3 Distance- 40min + 5 laps Start time- 15.45 Entry fee- £12
Entry send to Mark R Robinson. 3 Belisana Road, Splading, Lincs. PE11 3FU
Spalding crits not open to Elites either. |
So how many BCF Road/Crit race's does your club promote or even the clubs in your area ... ? ZERO !
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Will Scarlet
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But my club are just a bunch of testers, with no interest in road racing.
We did try 3 or 4 years ago, but getting people to help was like pulling teeth. We promote time trials and the odd cyclo-cross and MTB race.
There are clubs with an active RRing membership who don't promote. That's the problem.
What we really need is a road race league like Surrey league, or CDNW, where everyone does their bit. The odd club promoting races here and there is just peeing in the wind. |
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| Next years programme at Mallory will be up for discussion at the AGM. Bad rules are passed when good people do not vote. |
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